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Re: Two-faced

Posted by Smokey Stover on April 17, 2005

In Reply to: Re: Two-faced posted by Bob on April 13, 2005

: : : What does two-faced mean?

: : Someone who is two-faced is someone who is not sincere, someone who is deceptive.

: Two eyes on one side? That is Isis.
: For beauty she sure took no prizes.
: But Janus had faces
: In two different places,
: Which was an identity crisis.

I wish to express my admiration for that limerick. Imaginative and funny, not to mention informative. SS